COLUMBUS – After a string of legislative victories, including passage of a bill blocking tax money from Planned Parenthood, abortion opponents this spring are pushing more restrictions on women seeking an abortion.
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Right to Life supporters will swarm the Statehouse on Tuesday to urge the GOP-led legislature to approve three more abortion bills before recessing for the summer.
“Our goal is getting them to the governor (to sign into law) by June 1 because that is when they go on break, and with the election, who knows when they will be back,” said Michael Gonidakis, president of Ohio Right to Life.
The bills are:
-House Bill 135, which would ban abortions sought because of a Down syndrome diagnosis.
-House Bill 117 and Senate Bill 127, which would outlaw abortions after 20 weeks (state currently bans the procedure after 24 weeks).
-Senate Bill 254, House Bill 419 and House Bill 417, which would require fetal remains from abortions to be buried or cremated.
The push follows anti-abortion forces’ success in stripping more than $1 million in public funding from Planned Parenthood because it offers abortion services, legislation Gov. John Kasich signed into law in February.